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Hi I would love to help , I have a 6 ft Freestyle frame so I could do the smaller ones . Please contact me.

I can help, I have a mid arm sweet 16

Hi Maggie. I need more practice using my long arm so would be happy to work on some quilts.

I have an APQS Millie longarm 14 foot long machine and would be happy to help. The beast is restless!!

I have a Q’nique 15r and a Qzone Hoop Frame. I’m not very experienced but would be happy to help.

Thanks for the heads up

I get the same feeling of under-achievement when my husband and children are all out! I build it up in my head as a great day to get some sewing done and find I need the hustle and bustle to work.

Versatility is the key word here! Great ideas for one pattern.

It is such a pleasure to be able to make a few quilts for this and hopefully there will soon be a quiltaton somewhere near where I live, I have so far this year made two coplete quilts, been involved in another one with a group of friends and have three tops that can go to a longarmer.

Lovely article! I really resonate with this, especially sewing fake fur. I had a neighbour turn up a couple of weeks ago with her great niece Miranda, who is 7, who had to do something for school for Australia Day. Luckily she had a grey velour velvet pyjamas/tracksuit to start with, and a hairband. 2 hrs later she was a cute koala bear complete with white fake fur tummy & koala ears. She watched me like a hawk while I was cutting and sewing, completely fascinated. She loves coming round here to watch me sew, last time it was a quilted case for her sunglasses & a mini shoulder bag in Mermaid material. I think there is a young sewer in the making there!

The best bit was the lovely thank you card from Miranda with a photo of her in the finished outfit complete with kola face paint.

I think your Panda legs were a great improvement, very cuddly!

Reference the theatre performance Christine, relieved that those eyebrows and beard were only temporary!

Grieat prize would love it please

Tremendously generous of Janome. I would love to win one!

My dear friend died and left me her Janone Gem, I love using it especially because of the memories and it was this friend who introduced me to quilting. How wonderful it would be to win this amazing M100 QDC Janone machine. I will keep my fingers crossed

Great prize

Truly lovely machine, with some great features!

Christine, it sounds as if you had a lovely day out with your friend and her daughter. So pleased you met Mo Jones in person, she does so much for UKQU in terms of the stand at that exhibition & the UKQU postcard swaps, & now the A4 mini quilts initiative will be really exciting. You are absolutely right though about trying other things. I was an amateur dressmaker, then professional embroidery designer & I’m now a quilter, but even now it’s fun to try new things! I am going to local community craft classes on bag making, felting, & ceramics in the near future, and I even made soap, bath bombs & candles a few weeks ago, & the wreath making class I went to, before Christmas, was really successful. So create away!

Such a lovely surprise, I am absolutely thrilled to bits, thank you to everyone who voted